Crime, homelessness and tourism were among the factors studied in a recent report that tracked the performance of the city of New Orleans.

Mayor Mitch Landrieu is touting significant progress in a report called ResultsNOLA, highlighting an overall reduction in the city's murder rate, which was 150 in 2014. He said it was the lowest number of murders since 1971.

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"Make sure that you're keeping not only your citizens safe, but your visitors safe so they go hand in hand," Mark Romig of the New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation said.

Romig said that crime statistics have a direct impact on the number of visitors in the Crescent City, which saw 9.28 million tourists in 2013. He said the figure is a 3 percent increase.

While the figures for 2014 aren't in yet, Romig said that if the trend continues, the number could increase another 2 to 3 percent. It would cement a very good year for hotels, restaurants and the 81,000 people working in the hospitality industry.

"[We want] steady growth, moving toward more and more jobs being created, because at the end of the day, that's what it's about," Romig said. "[The goal is] Getting visitors to spend money here as opposed to another destination."

According to ResultsNOLA, the city experienced a 9 percent increase in sales tax revenue from 2013 to 2014.

In addition, Landrieu said New Orleans has made great strides in its fight against homelessness. He said the city became the first in the nation to end veteran homelessness in 2014.

"I don't think homelessness will ever end as long as people are going to war and coming home," David Bottner, executive director of the New Orleans Mission, said.

Bottner said that while homeless veterans might not be sleeping on the streets, there are seven at the New Orleans Mission who are working through the homeless program.

"We have to be careful because there are organizations like the New Orleans Mission and others that are still meeting the needs of homeless veterans," Bottner said.

While ResultsNOLA showed that homelessness in New Orleans decreased substantially from its peak in 2010, Bottner said the numbers aren't diminishing.

"We need your help to continue to help these men and women," Bottner said.